From "mirror" in Hindi. Context-aware AI hardware devices made for use with computers and smartphones. The first product to market is Dune, a three-key, context-aware keyboard which runs pre-set shortcuts. It can control the mic and camera in a meeting and run shortcuts or scripts based on the app users are viewing. The goal is to now learn what kind of tasks users actually want to automate. The company also developed two other devices, Radiance (tabletop remote for video calls) and Shift (a single tap button to trigger an AI agent to carry out a repeated task). Dune has been the most popular in user testing and will be shipped first, with all three devices being used to feed into the next product, which is undisclosed but will begin user testing. This fourth device will control and trigger agentic workflows (i.e. it is not focused on context capture like most AI devices in market). $5.5M seed round led by Redstart Labs (InfoEdge subsidiary and deep-tech venture arm) and 360 ONE. Other investors in the round: MIXI Global Investments, Antler, Blume Founders Fund, along with angels including Kunal Shah, Harshil Mathur and Shashank Kumar (Razorpay) and Tikhon Bernstam (Scribd). The company was formerly known known as Project Mirage. Founded in Aug 2025, Bangalore/SF based. Founder & CEO Apoorv Shankar (IISc Masters in Design in Product Design and Engineering '17) founded LazyCo (hardware interface design) in 2017, which was acquired by Ultrahuman, where he subsequently became VP of Hardware (four years).

Business intelligence AI that pulls in all data sources to build dashboards with automated chart generation and analysis. For use across enterprises, by marketing, sales and finance teams. Positioned as a faster AI-native alternative to traditional business intelligence tools such as Power BI, Tableau and Looker. Founded in Jun 2024. ₹60 lakh/$70K bridge round from angels including Amit Ashu (ex-Whatfix, who has also joining Othor as CPO), Avinash Kumar (EasyShip), Balasubrahmanyan Sridhara (NVIDIA), ahead of a planned seed round. $150K raised till date, including this round and $80K that was raised in 2025 from Vara Kumar Namburu (Whatfix), Madan Galla (TeleDNA), Mithun Nair (Ember and Oak). Founded in Jun 2024, Bangalore based. Founders: the CEO Unni (IIT Delhi) is from Whatfix and ran Foradian Technologies (EdTech ERP) for a decade; CTO Nekender joined straight out of college (Poornima University).

AI-native platform for autonomous Android and Linux device systems engineering. The goal is to build the standard AI tool teams reach for to build, debug, and maintain operating systems on new and existing hardware, from smartphones to vehicles, robots, and other embedded systems. At the center of the platform is Delta, an investigation engine that reads the specialized traces device engineers rely on. Generating revenue from beta customers. $2.55M pre-seed round, led by Founders' Co-op, with participation from Act One Ventures, TheFounderVC, Shorewind Capital, Clayoquot Capital, and Alumni Ventures. Seattle/Bangalore based. Founders: CEO Varun Chitre (Shivaji University '18) was Staff Software Engineer at Esper (mobile device management and custom OS solutions) for eight years; along with CTO Tarun Vashisth (BIT Mesra '13) who was Senior Software Engineering Manager at Esper for seven years.

Designs programmable gene-editing enzymes using generative AI, biophysics and wet-lab testing, which will be used in applications across agriculture and medicine. The goal is to reduce the time required to develop improved crop varieties through gene editing and support the development of therapies for genetic diseases. Instead of naturally occurring gene editing systems such as CRISPR Cas9, the company custom designs gene editing enzymes from scratch, which will be licensed to seed companies and theapeutic developers. ₹16CR pre-seed round co-led by Activate and Antler. Other investors in the round: Spectrum Impact, DeVC and angels Vijay Chandru, Paras Chopra, Sanjiv Rangrass and Vatsal Dusad. Founded in Sep 2025, Bangalore based. Founders: Tanay Lohia (NIT Silchar '19; LBS Masters in Management '20 drop-out) founded Brahmaputra Ogranics, a sustainable farm, out of college and was more recently Program Manager at Absolute (biotech research across agriculture, longevity and pharma); Dr. Kutubuddin Molla (University of Calcutta Master's Degree in Botany '08 and PhD in Genetic Engineering '14) has been a Scientist at ICAR-National Rice Research Institute in Odisha since 2015. He was a Fulbright Scholar at the Department of Plant Pathology and Environmental Microbiology at Pennsylvania State University from 2017-2019.

Liquid-cooling hardware and software for high-performance data centres. It offers Direct-to-Chip cooling (to address processor hotspots), Rear Door Heat Exchangers (to add cooling capacity as rack heat loads increase), immersion cooling systems, coolant distribution units, along with a proprietary cooling intelligence platform called NexusFlow OS. $1.1M seed round led by Arkam. Founded in Mar 2026, Ahmedabad based. The company has five founders, four of whom are ex-Ola Electric. CEO Shailesh (IIT Bombay '04) was Director - Automation at Ola Electric (three years) prior to which he was Vice President of Manufacturing at Padmini VNA Mechatronics (seven years). Co-Founder & Head - IT, Digital Ops & Business Dev Vishant (Sardar Patel University, Vallabh Vidyanagar '09) is ex-Koch, Ola Electric (Associate Director - Digital Transformation, three years), Industry AI and Schneider Electric. Kamish (Parul Institute of Engineering & Technology '14) was a Managing Partner at Trident Corporation (six years) and is ex-Tata Motors (ops manager, five years). CTO Jasvipul (IIT Bombay '06) was Senior Director, Vehicle System Architect at Ola Electric (four years) and is ex-ReNew Power (three years). Co-Founder & Head, Ops. & Biz Dev Kishan (Gujarat Technological University '14) was Associate Director at Ola Electric (five years) and is ex-Bajaj Auto and Mahindra.

AI autopilot for software engineering. The platform plans to move beyond AI coding assistants by developing an autopilot system capable of handling planning, coding, testing, code reviews, and deployment. Existing AI coding tools still require engineers to oversee much of the development process. "Autopilot is the level above: set the destination, it flies the whole route, you supervise by exception." The platform uses all frontier models. $15M seed round led by Y Combinator, with participation from Peak XV Partners, Powerset, Alliance. Angels in the round: Parker Conrad (Rippling), Immad Akhund (Mercury) and Balaji Srinivasan (ex-Coinbase). Founded in Jan 2026, Bangalore based. Founder Prasanna Sankar (NIT Tiruchirappalli '08) was the founder of 0xPPL (also Peak XV backed), a decentralized social network for crypto natives, and was Co-Founder & CTO of HR software platform Rippling.

AI-powered accounting platform for SMEs, covering billing, bookkeeping, compliance and reporting. It reports 30,000 sign-ups, 2,700 paying businesses and ₹25 lakh in monthly revenue for June 2026. Customer acquisition is via performance marketing and a CA Partner Program. Seed round of an undisclosed amount, from undisclosed investors. Founded in May 2022, Surat based. Founders: Shrigopal (Veer Narmad South Gujarat University, Surat '21; qualified CA '18) co-founded Finnacle Advisory in 2019, before starting Hisabkitab, along with Abhinav (also Veer Narmad South Gujarat University, Surat '17; qualified CA '19) who joined him at Finnacle as MD in 2021.

AI-led personalised exam-prep platform for IGCSE, AS and A Level, IBDP and other school boards. Its AI tutor, 'Sorty,' is a board-aligned assistant with personalised doubt-solving, curriculum-specific guidance and exam preparation support.  It serves students across more than 15 countries, with 71% acquired organically. $350K pre-seed round from angels including Boman Irani (Rustomjee Group, Rustomjee International School); Sameer Mehta (boAt); Subrat Pani (OneAssist); Rohini Kasturi (HG Insights); Ranjit Pawar (London Stock Exchange Group). Backed by PIEDS, the Pilani Innovation & Entrepreneurship Development Society at BITS Pilani. Founded in Sep 2025, Mumbai based. Founders: CEO Ananya (Ashoka University '24) is ex-Prime Securities; Chief Product & Innovation Officer Aryaman (Trinity College Dublin '25) was with E&Y for six months; Naman (Narsee Monjee '24) started soon after college.

Provides voice and chat AI agents that qualify and convert leads for enterprises across education, real estate, BPO, D2C, automotive, healthcare, and BFSI. The company has added 15 customers in the two months since it launched the platform, with a number of clients processing 50-100K AI powered calls per month. Its customers, largely educational institutions, include Chanakya University, Madanapalle Institute of Technology & Science, Global Tree, Ambuja, Rainmaker, Pyrotech, and PU Sterling College. ₹1.2CR pre-seed round. Founded in Nov 2025, Udaipur based. Founders: Atishaya (IIM Calcutta '20) is ex-Flexport, Sprinklr and BCG; Abhinav and Gunjan were at Gateway International (study abroad consultants); Fivos founded Elite Architects AI in the US.

AI-native discovery and ticketing platform for live entertainment, across concerts, comedy, sports and more. Its conversational agent, Shadow, work with curators of experiences to help fans discover events through natural conversation vs. search. $3.75M pre-seed round, from Bollywood musicians Arijit Singh, Sunidhi Chauhan, and Badshah, alongside VSS Investco (Vijay Shekhar Sharma’s investment vehicle), Madhur Deora (Paytm), Shray Chandra (Capitalmind), VG Jairam (Hyperlink Brand Solutions). Founded in June 2026, Mumbai based. Founders: CEO Varun is Paytm Insider’s former COO (five years). Shreyas (VTU '04) was Paytm Insider's CEO (10 years) and worked as CPO of Consumer Products at Paytm following Insider's acquisition. Prior to this he founded Only Much Louder. Alaap has been a Partner at Tarsame Mittal Talent Management since 2013.